Drake Meats is a family-owned producer of premium craft meats from Drake, Saskatchewan. We use locally sourced Canadian proteins, family recipes, and artisan techniques to make great tasting sausages, bacon, smokies, hot dogs, jerky, hams, deli meats, and burgers. Find us in a store near you today!

Drake Meats began in the heart of a small community. Its doors opened 67 years ago as a co-operative meat locker. Around this time, local farmer Norman Ediger had a simple passion for great food and great people.

Meet the family behind the Drake Meats brand who work hard everyday to bring you great tasting craft meats.

The co-operative meat locker in Drake, Sask., was established in 1949 to process local farmers’ animals in the community of 200 people. Ediger’s parents and grandparents would spend all his waking hours as a child there, having purchased the business in 1960.

Drake Meats began as a co-operative locker plant in 1949. Norman Ediger was hired as General Manager in 1958, with the option to purchase the shares. He exercised that option in 1962. He...

Drake Meats is a premium processor of beef and pork based meats, specializing in smoked sausage, bacon, hams, deli meats, jerky, and burgers. What was once a small community meat locker is now a growing consumer brand in Western Canada.

Hometown: Drake, SK. Hobbies: Conversation, shuffleboard. Passion: Travelling to Arizona. Spirit Animal: Deer. Raised as a farmer outside of Drake, Norm spent most of his early years helping out at the family farm. He transitioned to General Manager of the community’s locker plant in his 20’s, and soon became owner of the business.

Drake Meats began in the heart of a small community when it opened its doors 67 years ago as a co-operative meat locker. Today Drake Meats products are offered in every major grocery chain province wide with continued expansion across Canada.

Mar 19, 2021 · From humble beginnings in a Canadian town of 250 people, Drake Meats is poised to continue its growth across Canada and is on the cusp of launching its meat products in the international...

Drake Meats began in the heart of a small community. Its doors opened 67 years ago as a co-operative meat locker. Around this time, local farmer Norman Ediger had a simple passion for great food and great people.